CISM Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing CISM 16 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 6.72% - 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.91% - 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £449 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - £750
75th Percentile £493 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £625 £338
% change year-on-year -21.28% +85.19% -38.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

CISM falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wokingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 115 61 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 48.32% 56.48% 65.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 53 22
10th Percentile £219 £233 £428
25th Percentile £350 £330 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £538
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -34.88% -6.52%
75th Percentile £492 £500 £638
90th Percentile £537 £600 £851
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £566 £525
% change year-on-year -11.66% +7.81% -1.04%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

CISM job vacancy trend in Wokingham

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing CISM

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) AWS
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
1 7 (43.75%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (18.75%) Security Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Testing Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (6.25%) PMO Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (12.50%) CSOC
2 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (6.25%) SCADA
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (62.50%) SIEM
3 9 (56.25%) DevSecOps
3 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
4 7 (43.75%) DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 4 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
8 1 (6.25%) Data Security
8 1 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CISSP
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Degree
4 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 4 (25.00%) PMP
5 2 (12.50%) CEH
5 2 (12.50%) CREST Certified
5 2 (12.50%) GIAC
5 2 (12.50%) SANS
6 1 (6.25%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (93.75%) NIST
2 12 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (43.75%) GDPR
4 4 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) BeyondTrust
1 7 (43.75%) CyberArk
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (6.25%) Proofpoint
3 1 (6.25%) Splunk
3 1 (6.25%) Tenable